Head of Porsche Consulting at Resource Efficiency Colloquium

Resources are scarce, this is also for Eberhard Weiblen, CEO of Porsche Consulting GmbH, the central starting point. The company advises every year around 200 clients at home and abroad - from small businesses to global enterprises. The focus is on the question ofhow to avoid typical wastes and how competitiveness can be increased. "Lean" is the dictum, as all activities and product features are classified according to whether they are really adding value, or if something is not essential. And that can be a lot. A lean production is achieved when you can nothing leave anymore, so Weiblen. Whetherhighway construction sites, hospitals, airlines and aviation industries- everywhere unnecessary working, materials and energy use is identified. And in fact, you can always found something.

With this approach the sports car manufacturer has  significantlyincreased its competitiveness in the 90s. The knowledge was passed on to the supplier, so that the consulting work was becoming a fieldat Porsche and a subsidiary of the automaker. Today Porsche Consulting is also for many the "Porsche" in the Lean consulting and employs 340 people.

For the students, the remarks of Eberhard Weiblen were exciting, because their whole study revolves aroundresource efficiency. That of all the sports car manufacturer Porsche has an interesting approach to optimize, many listeners stunned at first glance. But it quickly became clear: in addition to innovation efficiency is crucial for the Zuffenhausen's. And there were many points of contact.